Exam review
EXAM2 review
CH.8:
Homogamy: The tendency to choose a mate whose personal or group characteristics differ from our own. Choices in mate selection that can be limited by societies encouragement of homogamy.(Also called positive assortion mating).
Race and ethnicity: Most marriages are between memebrs of same race
Age: typical pattern is marriage within 2-3 years of ones own age
Residentful Propinquity: Within a geographically limited locale, the likelihood of marriage decreases as distance increases
Religion: 35% of married people, married someone of different religion (2009)
Marriage gradient: -The tendency for women to marry men of higher status. -Tendency for men to marry women slightly below them in age, education
Early Marriage transitions:
Marital task:
1. Establish marital and family roles
2. Provide emotional support
3. Adjust personal habits
Establishing boundaries: The critical task is to form a family that is interdependent rather than independent or dependent.
Marriage as a legal contract: Marriage in itself is a legal entity by rules and regulations. Factors such as gender, age, family relationship, and number of spouses apply.
1,138 statutory provisions in which marital status is a factor in determining benefits, rights, and privileges
Benefits, tax filings, inheritance, custodial rights, domestic violence protection, next of kin status.
Access to family-only services, relocation and employment assistance for military spouses
The Defense of Marriage Act(DOMA): Act that denied federal recognition to same-sex couples and gave states the right to legally ignore gay or lesbian marriages should they gain legal recognition in Hawaii or any other state. Signed into law by President Bill Clinton.
Same-Sex Marriage: As of March 2013, 9 states (Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Maine, Maryland, Washington, and the District of Columbia) allow same-sex marriage.
Civil Union: A legal status created
CH.8:
Homogamy: The tendency to choose a mate whose personal or group characteristics differ from our own. Choices in mate selection that can be limited by societies encouragement of homogamy.(Also called positive assortion mating).
Race and ethnicity: Most marriages are between memebrs of same race
Age: typical pattern is marriage within 2-3 years of ones own age
Residentful Propinquity: Within a geographically limited locale, the likelihood of marriage decreases as distance increases
Religion: 35% of married people, married someone of different religion (2009)
Marriage gradient: -The tendency for women to marry men of higher status. -Tendency for men to marry women slightly below them in age, education
Early Marriage transitions:
Marital task:
1. Establish marital and family roles
2. Provide emotional support
3. Adjust personal habits
Establishing boundaries: The critical task is to form a family that is interdependent rather than independent or dependent.
Marriage as a legal contract: Marriage in itself is a legal entity by rules and regulations. Factors such as gender, age, family relationship, and number of spouses apply.
1,138 statutory provisions in which marital status is a factor in determining benefits, rights, and privileges
Benefits, tax filings, inheritance, custodial rights, domestic violence protection, next of kin status.
Access to family-only services, relocation and employment assistance for military spouses
The Defense of Marriage Act(DOMA): Act that denied federal recognition to same-sex couples and gave states the right to legally ignore gay or lesbian marriages should they gain legal recognition in Hawaii or any other state. Signed into law by President Bill Clinton.
Same-Sex Marriage: As of March 2013, 9 states (Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Maine, Maryland, Washington, and the District of Columbia) allow same-sex marriage.
Civil Union: A legal status created